,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bi1 #bjaf 
,mr4 ,buchanan 7for himself and ,mr4    
,pascrell7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of the  
,social ,security ,act to provide for an
 extension of certain ,medicare         
long-term care hospital payment rules4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,preserving ,patient ,access to 
,post-,acute ,hospital ,care ,act of    
#bjaf4  #b4 ,extension of certain ,,ltch
 ,medicare payment rules  7a7 ,payment  
for hospitals-,within-,hospitals        
,paragraph 7#b77;,c7 of section #aad7;c7
 of the ,medicare1 ,medicaid1 and       
,,schip ,extension ,act of #bjjg 7#db   
,u4,s4,c4 #acieww note71 as amended by  
sections #cajf7;a7 and #ajcab7;a7 of    
,public ,law #aaa-adh and section       
#abjf7;b77#a77;,a7 of the ,pathway for  
,,sgr ,reform ,act of #bjac 7division ,b

 of ,public ,law #aac-fg71 is amended by
 striking for a #i-year period and      
inserting and before ,october #a1 #bjah4
  7b7 #be-,percent patient threshold    
payment adjustment ,section             
#aad7;c77#a77;,a7 of the ,medicare1     
,medicaid1 and ,,schip ,extension ,act  
of #bjjg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acieww note71  
as amended by sections #cajf7;a7 and    
#ajcab7;a7 of ,public ,law #aaa-adh and 
section #abjf7;b77#a77;,b7 of the       
,pathway for ,,sgr ,reform ,act of #bjac
 7division ,b of ,public ,law #aac-fg71 
is amended by striking for a #i-year    
period and inserting and before ,october
 #a1 #bjah4